Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss. Maintaining the city’s transit system isn’t child’s play. But a 24-year-old video editor is using Lego to depict the evolution of Toronto’s streetcars over the years. Trevor Parkins-Sciberras has built models of streetcars—from horse-drawn cars to Bombardier’s […]

]]>https://torontoist.com/2016/03/extra-extra-5/feed/0Vandalist: Weather You Like It Or Nothttps://torontoist.com/2016/01/vandalist-weather-you-like-it-or-not/
https://torontoist.com/2016/01/vandalist-weather-you-like-it-or-not/#respondFri, 29 Jan 2016 14:00:13 +0000http://torontoist.com/?p=369963This artist is a bit of a flake.

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Unknown PHOTO BY: Nick K FIELD NOTES: With one word this graffiti sums up a lot of the conversations we have in Toronto. On that note, isn’t this snow lovely? It’s like winter has finally arrived! Except now we have to shovel and worry about slipping and getting salt stains on our […]

On Thursday morning, as a select few Toronto city councillors met for a fourth consecutive day to discuss the proposed 2015 budget, a small storm was brewing outside. A low-pressure system, originating somewhere above the Prairies and steered by upper-level winds, had reached Ontario and was making its way south, preparing to deposit snow, some […]

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains: the very best and very worst people, places, things, and ideas that have had an influence on the city over the past 12 months. Cast your ballot until 2 p.m. on January 1. At 4 p.m. we will reveal your choices for Toronto’s Superhero […]

As Toronto goes into Christmas, much of the city is still dealing with the aftermath of the ice storm—and given holiday closures, everything from grocery shopping to travelling will be a bit trickier than usual. Here’s the latest on power outages, transit service, and more… The TTC is largely up and running, with the following […]

A peak of 300,000 customers without power; much of the TTC diverted, delayed, or shut down; split trees; live wires hanging over residential streets. It’s one of the most damaging storms the city has seen in years: Toronto Hydro called it “catastrophic” and warns that it could take days yet for power to be restored […]

]]>https://torontoist.com/2013/12/ice-storm-2013-torontos-deep-freeze/feed/15The Flood of 2013: Photos from an Overnight GO Train Rescuehttps://torontoist.com/2013/07/the-flood-of-2013-photos-from-an-overnight-go-train-rescue/
https://torontoist.com/2013/07/the-flood-of-2013-photos-from-an-overnight-go-train-rescue/#commentsTue, 09 Jul 2013 13:33:02 +0000http://torontoist.com/?p=264129About 1,400 passengers were removed, a handful at a time, from a stranded GO train stuck in the Don Valley last night.

“You have to do certain safety protocol checks before you can keep moving… By the time that was completed…the train was stranded.” With those words to CBC’s Metro Morning, Greg Percy, vice president of capital infrastructure at GO Transit, tried to explain how 1,400 passengers got stuck for hours on a train last night. They […]

]]>https://torontoist.com/2013/07/the-flood-of-2013-photos-from-an-overnight-go-train-rescue/feed/8Toronto Has Set Unofficial Temperature Records for Two Days Runninghttps://torontoist.com/2012/11/toronto-has-set-unofficial-temperature-records-for-two-days-running/
https://torontoist.com/2012/11/toronto-has-set-unofficial-temperature-records-for-two-days-running/#commentsMon, 12 Nov 2012 21:00:06 +0000http://torontoist.com/?p=213411You may have noticed that the weather has been unusually balmy for the past couple of days—but in fact, as it turns out, “unusual” isn’t really the word. Environment Canada data suggests that the warmth is actually unprecedented. (At least since 1937, which is the earliest year the agency keeps track of for these purposes.) […]

WHERE: Christie Pits WHEN: Friday, February 10; approximately 11 p.m. WHAT: Winter has been kind of puny this year, but this weekend we got a proper dose of February. Making the most of the first major cold snap of 2012, some intrepid skaters braved the extreme cold weather alert and laced up for a game […]

Consultation with a calendar reveals that Groundhog Day falls very near the precise midway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Strange, then, that the day is supposed to herald—depending on the relative shyness of a few arbitrarily chosen and unwitting rodents—the early onset of spring. This year, regardless of the mixed verdicts […]

A series of severe storms crossed the province Sunday afternoon, the most extreme of which was a tornado that heavily damaged the town of Goderich, Ontario. Here in Toronto, a massive storm cluster stretching from western Mississauga to eastern end of Scarborough brought torrential rain; Environment Canada reported that upwards of 40mm fell in the city in less than 15 minutes.

]]>https://torontoist.com/2011/08/scene_storm_aftermath/feed/0Scene: Apocalyptic Storm Cloudshttps://torontoist.com/2011/06/scene_apocalyptic_storm_clouds/
https://torontoist.com/2011/06/scene_apocalyptic_storm_clouds/#respondThu, 09 Jun 2011 00:40:36 +0000http://torontoist.com/2011/06/scene_apocalyptic_storm_clouds/WHERE: The skies over Toronto WHEN: About 7:45 p.m. WHAT: Summer thunderstorm season is upon us. This one came through pretty quickly, left almost as fast, and gave photographers some great material to work with.